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Unlike most mastering studios, The Mastering Palace can come to you. Dave Kutch has mastered both of Alicia Keys' last two albums in her live room at her personal studio.
We have a complete duplicate of Dave's mastering room ready to travel. It can be set up and ready for mastering in three days. Security, comfort, and the ability to make final mastering decisions in your normal listening environment are just a few of the advantages to working like this.
Please contact us to further discuss the benefits and logistics of bringing our studio to you.

Mastered For iTunes

Apple has recently embarked on its Mastered For iTunes initiative, and The Mastering Palace was contacted to join them in their initial stages.The Mastering Palace can create and send masters that meet Apple'sMastered for iTunes specifications.

Dave Kutch

"Great sounding records by great artists in a very sexy, elegant & productive environment, accompanied by the level of service found at a five star hotel."
That was my mantra when I built The Mastering Palace, & it continues to be the entire facility's mantra as we evolve & adapt to our clients' ever changing needs.

Mark Santangelo

Mark began his mastering career in 2000 at Sony Music Studios, his credits over the years include The Weekend's"Trilogy", Neon Trees'"Habits", Neil Diamond's"Home Before Dark" & the original soundtrack to Fox's hit TV show "Empire".

Mark's passion for music & undaunted devotion to his clients is reflected in every album he masters. A vinyl aficionado with long term lathe experience, Mark cuts all of TMP's lacquers.

Tatsuya Sato

"Tats", a Tokyo native, started his career as a recording/mixing engineer, eventually working on classics like Michael Jackson's"Invincible" & Lauren Hill's"The Miseducation of Lauren Hill". Prior to his transition into mastering, Tats received a Grammy nomination for Album of The Year for his engineering work on Kanye West's"The College Dropout".
Now exclusively mastering, he's added another Grammy nomination with Aleks Syntek's 2014 "Syntek".

Some recent projects that Tats has mastered include A Tribe Called Quest's"We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service", "A$AP Mob's Cozy Tapes Vol. 1: Friends and Danny Brown's"Atrocity Exhibition".

Kevin Peterson

Kevin began working in music in 2012. As Dave's assistant engineer, Kevin is a crucial part of The Mastering Palace. Some recent projects that he has assisted on include Jay-Z's"4:44", Calvin Harris'"Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1" and Alicia Keys'"Here".

He is also a sought after mastering engineer himself and brings the skills he's learned over the years to his own clients projects. Most recently, Kevin mastered projects by Stela Cole, Ari Lennox, Dreezy and Camila Cabello.

Born on Long Island, Kevin is also an accomplished guitarist and composer.

Kara Hailele-Griffin Coleman

thor·ough

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adjective

// 1. Taking pains to do something carefully, with regard to every detail and with great care; not superficial or partial.
// 2. Possessing the wherewithal to withstand the daily rigors of the music industry as a successful record label marketing and operations manager.
// 3. The level of service and individual attention The Mastering Palace provides to all of our clients, throughout the mastering process.